Sir William Geary, 3rd Baronet

Sir William Richard Powlett Geary, 3rd Baronet (13 November 1810 – 19 December 1877)[1] was an English Conservative Party[2] politician. He sat in the House of Commons from 1835 to 1838.

Geary contested the 1832 general election in the newly-created Western division of Kent, without success,[2] but won the seat at the 1835 general election.[3] He was re-elected in 1837,[4] and held the seat until his resignation in 1838[5] by taking the Chiltern Hundreds.[6]

References

  1. ^ Leigh Rayment's List of Baronets – Baronetcies beginning with "G" (part 3)
  2. ^ a b Craig, F. W. S. (1989) [1977]. British parliamentary election results 1832–1885 (2nd ed.). Chichester: Parliamentary Research Services. p. 406. ISBN 0-900178-26-4. 
  3. ^ London Gazette: no. 19235. p. 193. 3 February 1835. Retrieved 8 December 2010.
  4. ^ London Gazette: no. 19532. p. 2156. 15 August 1837. Retrieved 8 December 2010.
  5. ^ Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "K" (part 1)
  6. ^ London Gazette: no. 19595. p. 536. 6 March 1838. Retrieved 8 December 2010.

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Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by
Thomas Rider
Thomas Law Hodges		 Member of Parliament for West Kent
1835 – 1838
With: Thomas Law Hodges		 Succeeded by
Sir Edmund Filmer, Bt
Thomas Law Hodges
Baronetage of Great Britain
Preceded by
William Geary		 Baronet
(of Oxenheath)
1825 – 1877		 Succeeded by
Francis Geary